Summer Heart of Mine

How oft amidst the frigid gale
Of winters icy blast
I long to walk a fern-lined trail
Where summer shades are cast
I cannot still the restless voice
That scoffs this frosty line
Held a prisoner ‘gainst my choice
This summer heart of mine

I peer out through this snowy pane
Where trees so bare and tall
Creak, as if they too complain
As I inside these walls
Replaced by luscious summer greens
Their cold blue shadows lie
So listless on this frigid plain
Beneath a cold, blue sky

Oh to feel the gentle kiss
Of breezes as they play
Or revel in the balmy bliss
Of dawns fair summer day
But January’s ceaseless storm
Defies June’s warm sunshine
And I can find no comfort for
This summer heart of mine

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Janet Martin

January Summer

You are my January summer
My rose in the snow
A sparkle of sunshine
When cold winds blow
You are my blue sky
Out-shining the gray
My sweet butter-fly
My January May

You are my whisper
To soften the gale
Where otherwise
January winds would prevail
You are my blue-bird
My summer-song
You are my emerald
On a snow-clad lawn

You are my January summer
My walk on a beach
With surf and sunshine
Beyond my reach
You are my warmth
My golden glow
My January summer
As we dance in the snow

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Janet Martin


I helped Victoria's class
with skating today
and was inspired by all
the joy and enthusiasm
of.....kids:)